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Maine Township "Swing Into Spring" Senior Expo

Great list of entertainers set for MaineStreamers Swing into Spring in Niles



 



Guests who attend MaineStreamers
“Swing into Spring” scheduled for Friday, April 25, 2014, at Golf Mill
Shopping Center
will have the chance to take home their own unique souvenir of this ninth
annual senior expo.   Entertaining those
who watch in the process, free caricatures by Mark Schultz, whose quirky
illustrations give people another way to see themselves, will be drawn on a
first come first serve basis between 10:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m.



 

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Other entertainment includes a
Zumba Gold demonstration by Regina Mundt at 11 a.m. as well as the Denny
Diamond Trio at 1 p.m.  A fitness program
for seniors, Zumba Gold transforms the Latin and International dance rhythms of
original Zumba into a safe and effective total body workout for older adults
that promote not only physical fitness, but self-confidence.  The Denny Diamond Trio performs the music of Neil Diamond—as
well as other famous artists—including Johnny Cash, Roger Miller, Dean
Martin, and Ricky Nelson.



 

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Designed to link seniors who need
services with vendors who provide them, the event’s overall extended hours will
now run from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. but exhibits will have new hours from 9 a.m. to 1
p.m. The popular Early Bird Bingo hosted by Highway Commissioner Robert
Provenzano will start at 9 a.m.  Product
demonstrations, raffles, giveaways, and contests will also be part of the day’s
activities.



 



Coordinated by the Lions Club and
the Lions Foundation of Illinois, free hearing screenings will be offered as
part of the Expo’s activities.  The
hearing test takes just a few minutes and results will be available immediately.
The Secretary of State Mobile Driver Services Facility will be on hand for
renewal, replacement and corrections to Driver’s License/State ID Cards, vision
screening with a Driver’s License renewal, Vehicle Sticker sales, Motor Voter
registration and Organ/Tissue Donor information and registration. 



 



 “Each year, our Senior Expo becomes even more
successful,” said Carol A. Teschky, Supervisor of Maine Township. “We are
thrilled that MaineStreamers continue to offer this valuable community event
and we greatly appreciate the cooperation of the fine folks at Golf Mill.”
According to Teschky, the MaineStreamers staff is preparing to host an
enthusiastic and record crowd of area seniors and their families.  



 



More than 1600 are expected to
attend this signature event which is sponsored by Advocate
Lutheran General Hospital,
Chicagoland Senior News, Highway Commissioner Robert Provenzano and Maine
Township. 



 



Golf Mill
management has assured that the Expo will not be affected by any pending sale
of the shopping center as noted in recent news media articles.  



 



Potential
exhibitors and sponsors should call the Expo Office at 847-720-4495 or download
application forms from the Township website. Those interested in more
information about attending this free event should call 847-297-2510 or visit the Maine
Township
website at www.mainetownship.com







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